CHICAGO – Pete Crow-Armstrong has joked in the past that he has not put up the best numbers when the Wrigley Field crowd unites in chanting his initials. That perceived trend has not continued with the new chants that roar through the Friendly Confines these days. When Crow-Armstrong was in the batter’s box in the seventh inning Wednesday night, the calls of *“M-V-P! M-V-P!”* were already gathering steam. A few seconds later, as the Cubs’ star center fielder rounded the bases after his second home run of the evening, the repetitive cries had become deafening. “When he hit the second homer, Alex Bregman was standing next to me,” Cubs manager Craig Counsell said. “I said, ‘Alex, we don’t get to see things like this.’ You spend your whole life in baseball and you just don’t see this happen on a baseball field. You’re grateful to be a part of it.” In an 8-4 victory over the Braves, Crow-Armstrong continued his assault on the Cubs’ record book and further padded his case to take home the National League’s Most Valuable Player trophy after this incredible campaign. He had a familiar sidekick in Bregman, who finished a single short of the cycle to also help back a quality start from Shota Imanaga. “You’re grateful to see things like this,” Counsell said. “And you’re grateful that the fans get to see a season like this, because they're going to talk about it. They're going to tell their kids about it. They're going to tell their grandkids about seasons like this.” With the win, the Cubs maintained their half-game lead over the Phillies for the NL’s top Wild Card spot. That said, Chicago owns the tiebreaker over Philadelphia by winning the season series, taking six of seven games against the Phillies in April.
